document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=912632>Question 912632</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> two cars start from two towns 500 miles apart and travel towards each other. they pass each other after 5 hours. find the speed of each car if the difference between their speeds is 40 miles per hour </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=speed of faster car<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-40=speed of slower car<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance=travel time *speed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x+5(x-40)=500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x+5x-200=500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x=700<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=70<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-40=30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "speed of faster car=70 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "speed of slower car=30 mph </SPAN>\n" );
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